Settled date · day 17 of 30 in the sign

5 February — Aquarius

Aquarius in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.

Where in Aquarius this falls

Sun's degree on this date 16.69° of Aquarius
Day within the sign 17 of 30
Same sign in 100 of 100 years — settled

Mercury-ruled decan of Aquarius

Decan 2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler Mercury
Sign ruler Uranus (traditionally Saturn)
Sun on this date 16.69°

Mercury wires the sign for analysis and talk — quicker, more articulate, less settled. The middle ten degrees are the sign at full strength: past the entry, not yet leaning toward what follows.

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Every year, computed

All 100 years for 5 February. Each row is calculated for that exact day — sun position, life path, the Moon's sign and nakshatra, and which planets were retrograde. Find your year.

Year Sun Life path Moon Nakshatra Retrograde
1930 Aquarius 15.98° 11 Taurus Ashwini 3
1931 Aquarius 15.73° 3 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 1 Mars Jupiter
1932 Aquarius 15.49° 4 Aquarius Uttara Ashadha 4 Jupiter
1933 Aquarius 16.25° 5 Gemini Mrigashira 1 Mars Jupiter
1934 Aquarius 16.01° 6 Libra Chitra 2 Venus
1935 Aquarius 15.76° 7 Pisces Shatabhisha 4
1936 Aquarius 15.51° 8 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Mercury
1937 Aquarius 16.28° 9 Sagittarius Anuradha 4
1938 Aquarius 16.04° 1 Aries Revati 2
1939 Aquarius 15.79° 11 Virgo Magha 3
1940 Aquarius 15.54° 3 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3
1941 Aquarius 16.31° 4 Taurus Krittika 3
1942 Aquarius 16.07° 5 Libra Hasta 1 Mercury Venus
1943 Aquarius 15.82° 6 Aquarius Dhanishta 3 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1944 Aquarius 15.57° 7 Cancer Ardra 2 Jupiter Saturn
1945 Aquarius 16.34° 8 Scorpio Vishakha 2 Jupiter Saturn
1946 Aquarius 16.1° 9 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Mars Saturn
1947 Aquarius 15.85° 1 Leo Ashlesha 2 Saturn
1948 Aquarius 15.6° 11 Sagittarius Mula 1 Mars Saturn
1949 Aquarius 16.37° 3 Taurus Bharani 1 Mercury Saturn
1950 Aquarius 16.13° 4 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4 Venus Saturn
1951 Aquarius 15.88° 5 Aquarius Shravana 1 Saturn
1952 Aquarius 15.63° 6 Gemini Rohini 4 Saturn
1953 Aquarius 16.4° 7 Libra Chitra 4 Saturn
1954 Aquarius 16.16° 8 Pisces Shatabhisha 4 Jupiter
1955 Aquarius 15.91° 9 Cancer Punarvasu 4 Mercury Jupiter
1956 Aquarius 15.66° 1 Sagittarius Anuradha 3 Mercury Jupiter
1957 Aquarius 16.43° 11 Aries Revati 3 Jupiter
1958 Aquarius 16.19° 3 Virgo Magha 3 Venus
1959 Aquarius 15.94° 4 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4
1960 Aquarius 15.69° 5 Taurus Krittika 2
1961 Aquarius 16.46° 6 Libra Hasta 2 Mars
1962 Aquarius 16.22° 7 Aquarius Dhanishta 2 Mercury
1963 Aquarius 15.97° 8 Cancer Ardra 3 Mars
1964 Aquarius 15.72° 9 Scorpio Vishakha 1
1965 Aquarius 16.49° 1 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Mars
1966 Aquarius 16.24° 11 Leo Ashlesha 2 Venus Jupiter
1967 Aquarius 16° 3 Sagittarius Mula 2 Jupiter
1968 Aquarius 15.75° 4 Taurus Ashwini 4 Jupiter
1969 Aquarius 16.52° 5 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 1 Mercury Jupiter
1970 Aquarius 16.27° 6 Aquarius Shravana 1
1971 Aquarius 16.03° 7 Gemini Mrigashira 2
1972 Aquarius 15.78° 8 Libra Chitra 3
1973 Aquarius 16.55° 9 Pisces Shatabhisha 4 Saturn
1974 Aquarius 16.3° 1 Cancer Punarvasu 4 Venus Saturn
1975 Aquarius 16.06° 11 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Mercury Saturn
1976 Aquarius 15.81° 3 Aries Revati 2 Saturn
1977 Aquarius 16.58° 4 Virgo Magha 3 Saturn
1978 Aquarius 16.33° 5 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4 Mars Jupiter Saturn
1979 Aquarius 16.09° 6 Gemini Krittika 4 Jupiter Saturn
1980 Aquarius 15.84° 7 Libra Hasta 1 Mars Jupiter Saturn
1981 Aquarius 16.61° 8 Aquarius Dhanishta 3 Jupiter Saturn
1982 Aquarius 16.36° 9 Cancer Ardra 3 Mercury Venus Saturn
1983 Aquarius 16.12° 1 Scorpio Vishakha 4
1984 Aquarius 15.87° 11 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 4
1985 Aquarius 16.64° 3 Leo Ashlesha 2
1986 Aquarius 16.39° 4 Capricorn Mula 2
1987 Aquarius 16.15° 5 Taurus Bharani 3
1988 Aquarius 15.9° 6 Virgo Purva Phalguni 3 Mercury
1989 Aquarius 16.67° 7 Aquarius Shravana 1 Mercury
1990 Aquarius 16.42° 8 Gemini Mrigashira 2 Venus Jupiter
1991 Aquarius 16.18° 9 Scorpio Swati 2 Jupiter
1992 Aquarius 15.93° 1 Pisces Shatabhisha 2 Jupiter
1993 Aquarius 16.7° 11 Cancer Punarvasu 4 Mars Jupiter
1994 Aquarius 16.45° 3 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 2
1995 Aquarius 16.21° 4 Aries Ashwini 1 Mercury Mars
1996 Aquarius 15.96° 5 Leo Magha 1
1997 Aquarius 16.73° 6 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3
1998 Aquarius 16.48° 7 Gemini Rohini 1 Venus
1999 Aquarius 16.24° 8 Libra Hasta 3
2000 Aquarius 15.99° 9 Aquarius Shravana 4
2001 Aquarius 16.76° 1 Cancer Ardra 3 Mercury
2002 Aquarius 16.51° 11 Scorpio Anuradha 1 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
2003 Aquarius 16.27° 3 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 2 Jupiter Saturn
2004 Aquarius 16.02° 4 Leo Pushya 3 Jupiter Saturn
2005 Aquarius 16.79° 5 Sagittarius Mula 2 Jupiter Saturn
2006 Aquarius 16.54° 6 Taurus Bharani 4 Saturn
2007 Aquarius 16.3° 7 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 1 Saturn
2008 Aquarius 16.05° 8 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 2 Mercury Saturn
2009 Aquarius 16.82° 9 Gemini Mrigashira 1 Saturn
2010 Aquarius 16.57° 1 Scorpio Swati 3 Mars Saturn
2011 Aquarius 16.33° 11 Pisces Shatabhisha 4 Saturn
2012 Aquarius 16.08° 3 Cancer Punarvasu 1 Mars
2013 Aquarius 16.85° 4 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1
2014 Aquarius 16.6° 5 Taurus Ashwini 3 Jupiter
2015 Aquarius 16.36° 6 Virgo Magha 3 Mercury Jupiter
2016 Aquarius 16.11° 7 Capricorn Mula 4 Jupiter
2017 Aquarius 16.88° 8 Gemini Rohini 1
2018 Aquarius 16.63° 9 Libra Chitra 2
2019 Aquarius 16.39° 1 Aquarius Dhanishta 2
2020 Aquarius 16.14° 11 Gemini Mrigashira 3
2021 Aquarius 16.91° 3 Scorpio Vishakha 4 Mercury
2022 Aquarius 16.66° 4 Aries Revati 1
2023 Aquarius 16.42° 5 Leo Ashlesha 1
2024 Aquarius 16.17° 6 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 2
2025 Aquarius 16.94° 7 Taurus Bharani 4 Mars
2026 Aquarius 16.69° 8 Libra Uttara Phalguni 4 Jupiter
2027 Aquarius 16.45° 9 Aquarius Uttara Ashadha 4 Mars Jupiter
2028 Aquarius 16.2° 1 Gemini Rohini 1 Mercury Jupiter
2029 Aquarius 16.97° 11 Scorpio Swati 4

The Moon and nakshatra columns change every year because the Moon returns to the same calendar date in a different position — which is why a birth date alone cannot tell you those, and why this table exists.

A century of 5 February

Day of the year 36 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 19 of 100 years (19%)
Most recent of those 2001, 2002, 2008, 2015, 2021, 2028
Full moon fell on this date in 6 years — 1966, 1985, 1996, 2004, 2023
Most frequent moon phase Waning Gibbous · 20 years

Every figure here is specific to 5 February: the Moon returns to a given phase on the same calendar date only every 19 years or so, so the counts differ from one date to the next. Mercury’s retrograde periods drift by about 30° of the zodiac each year, which is why the share is near 20% but never identical. How that 20% is computed →

Year by year

2006 Aquarius life path 6
2007 Aquarius life path 7
2008 Aquarius life path 8
2009 Aquarius life path 9
2010 Aquarius life path 1
2011 Aquarius life path 11
2012 Aquarius life path 3
2013 Aquarius life path 4
2014 Aquarius life path 5
2015 Aquarius life path 6
2016 Aquarius life path 7
2017 Aquarius life path 8
2018 Aquarius life path 9
2019 Aquarius life path 1
2020 Aquarius life path 11
2021 Aquarius life path 3
2022 Aquarius life path 4
2023 Aquarius life path 5
2024 Aquarius life path 6
2025 Aquarius life path 7
2026 Aquarius life path 8
2027 Aquarius life path 9
2028 Aquarius life path 1
2029 Aquarius life path 11

The sign column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 11 with 12 years; the scarcest is 1 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 12 of those years. Master numbers are never reduced further, which is exactly why they are scarcer than single digits on any fixed day and month. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →

Why the answer holds

5 February sits 16 days past the start of Aquarius and reached 16.69° this year — far enough from either boundary that no birth year or hour changes it. The question worth asking on this date is where in the sign, not which sign.